Mazhar Tayyara

Tayyara, a videographer and photojournalist who contributed
to Agence France-Presse and other international outlets, was killed by
government forces' fire in the city of Homs.

He was reporting from Al-Khaldiyeh neighborhood when
government forces shelled the district, the news website Citizensidereported.
As Tayyara assisted people injured in the blast, "a second volley of shells
fell and he was hit," a friend told
AFP. The journalist sustained multiple severe injuries and died at a local
hospital within hours, news reports said.

Tayyara contributed news footage to the London-based daily the Guardian and the German
daily Die Welt, according to news reports. His footage has appeared on
Al-Jazeera and CNN, AFP reported.